“President Trump has transformed the federal courts, but John Roberts still leads them”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Access online today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in four new cases.

“Gov. Dunleavy picks chief assistant attorney general for Alaska Supreme Court”: James Brooks of The Anchorage Daily News has an article that begins, “Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named Dario Borghesan, a chief assistant attorney general in the Alaska Department of Law, to a vacancy on the Alaska Supreme Court.”

“Pa. GOP can’t unilaterally end Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus disaster declaration, state Supreme Court rules”: Cynthia Fernandez of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Ron Southwick of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Pa. Supreme Court sides with Gov. Wolf on emergency order.”

And Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press reports that “Pennsylvania court turns down lawmakers’ bid to end shutdown.”

Today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, and a dissenting opinion.

“Private and Religious School Backers See Broad Victory in Supreme Court Decision; The court drew its decision narrowly when ruling against a Montana tax break that excluded religious schools; But denominational school advocates will push a broad application”: Erica L. Green of The New York Times has this report.

“The Supreme Court just struck down another law limiting abortion access. Here are other restrictions that could be affected.” Dan Keating and Kate Rabinowitz of The Washington Post have this report.

“Supreme Court rumor: Hugh Hewitt claims Alito retirement being floated; Supreme Court speculation season is kicking into high gear.” Ronn Blitzer of Fox News has this report.

In recent Bloomberg Opinion essays of note from law professor Noah Feldman: “Roberts Finally Makes His Position on Abortion Clear; The chief justice doesn’t want to be remembered for overturning Roe“;

“CFPB Ruling Shows John Roberts Doesn’t Rock the Boat; The chief justice is a Burkean conservative, not a firebrand“;

“Supreme Court Removes a Brick From the Church-State Wall; Government funding of religion is becoming not merely permissible, but obligatory“; and

“Supreme Court Ruling Weakens Asylum-Seekers’ Rights; The anti-immigrant ruling in favor of the Trump administration rests in part on a bizarre, inaccurate reading of a 1772 slavery case.”

“Relax, Conservatives, John Roberts Will Never Let You Down”: Kyle Smith has this essay online at National Review.

“Thousands of U.S. judges who broke laws or oaths remained on the bench; In the past dozen years, state and local judges have repeatedly escaped public accountability for misdeeds that have victimized thousands; Nine of 10 kept their jobs, a Reuters investigation found — including an Alabama judge who unlawfully jailed hundreds of poor people, many of them Black, over traffic fines”: Michael Berens and John Shiffman of Reuters have this report.

These two Reuters reporters also have related articles headlined “Teflon Robe: 5 takeaways from Reuters’ investigation of misconduct by U.S. judges” and “How Reuters examined misconduct by state and local judges across America.”

“Federal Executions to Resume Amid a Pandemic and Protests; The administration is pressing ahead with the first federal execution in 17 years as demonstrators seek changes to the criminal justice system and lawyers have trouble visiting death-row clients”: Hailey Fuchs has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Should Billy Joe Wardlow Be Executed for a Crime Committed When He Was Eighteen?” Lincoln Caplan has this post online at The New Yorker.

“The Supreme Court’s abortion decision seems pulled from the ‘Casey’ playbook”: Law professor Melissa Murray has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Is John Roberts trying to save the Supreme Court from Democratic packing?” Columnist Henry Olsen has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Trump supporters hope to use conservative anger at Justice Roberts as energizing moment for troubled campaign”: Robert Costa of The Washington Post has this report.

And Ronn Blitzer of Fox News reports that “Roberts drifts away from conservative bloc, angering Republicans and exciting the left; The chief justice has sided with liberals in several recent key decisions.”

“Milwaukee federal judge admonished for article about U.S. Supreme Court”: Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“Progressives Begin New Push to Elevate Supreme Court as a Campaign Issue; The first step in the project is $2 million in ads in competitive states highlighting the consequences for the court if President Trump secures a second term”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.